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Moving to Cranbourne South from Bendigo

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne South and Bendigo, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Bendigo
VIC · current home
Cranbourne South
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
14,457
27,368
Annual growth
+0.2%
+11.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,267/wk
$2,228/wk
Overseas born
11.9%
26.9%
Non-English-speaking background
9.2%
24.2%
Children aged 0–14
15.2%
24.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 2
Decile 7
IRSAD score
918
1,031
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
960
1,012
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,044
1,093
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
22
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$596,500
$725,000
House price YoY
+11.5%
+4.5%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.
$480
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
120 min
58 min
GPs nearby
8
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
27
65
Train stations
2
3
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,502
170
Change vs prior year
-10%
-6%

Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Bendigo
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Camp Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 251
ICSEA 1040
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bendigo (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Catherine McAuley College
Catholic 1,567 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Girton Grammar School
Independent 1,195 students
ICSEA 1148 intake context
Creek Street Christian College
Independent 457 students
ICSEA 1063 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

To · Cranbourne South
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Cranbourne South

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Clyde Secondary College Government · 1,096 students
ICSEA 1013
Clyde Creek Primary School Government · 761 students
ICSEA 1031
Clyde Primary School Government · 518 students
ICSEA 1003
Botanic Ridge Primary School Government · 445 students
ICSEA 1027

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) - not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne
Independent 1,034 students
ICSEA 1093 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Cranbourne South's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,012, compared to 960 in Bendigo. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Cranbourne South 1,093 (1 school), Bendigo 1,044 (6 schools).

There are 7 schools in Cranbourne South, compared to 11 in Bendigo.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Cranbourne South vs 23 in Bendigo.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Cranbourne South at 24.2% (vs 9.2% in Bendigo).

Cranbourne South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Bendigo's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 22% higher in Cranbourne South ($725,000 vs $596,500).

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Gov ICSEA1,074
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